Punjab's Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department has reported 94 new cases of coronavirus in the province, taking the provincial tally to 3,504. It has also reported four more deaths, taking the total number of people who have died from Covid-19 in the province to 41.

Thirty-four of the new cases have been reported from Lahore, 20 from Sialkot, four each from Jhang and Multan, three each from Sheikhupura and Gujranwala, two from Rahim Yar Khan and one each from Sargodha, Bahawalpur and Rawalpindi.

Twenty-one of the new cases are from people who participated in the Raiwind Ijtima.

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